The 12th Sunday after Trinity, August 27, 2023, saw the long-awaited dedication of the church building for Grace of Christ Lutheran Church in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia! The worship service was led by Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi and the Congregation’s Senior Pastor Vladimir Nikiforov. During the dedication ceremony, they were joined by ELCIR … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev sets off on visitation of Siberia, installs deacon for service in Krasnoyarsk
On the first Sunday in Lent, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev started a visitation of the congregations in the Siberian Deanery. Route: St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ufa, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, St. Petersburg. At Holy Trinity Lutheran in Krasnoyarsk, Bishop Laptev installed Deacon Aleksei Karabtsov in the service of this church. The … [Read more...]
SELC Seminary to Hold Online Conference on May 30, 2020
On May 30, 2020, the Theological Seminary of The Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church will host an online conference. The SELC Seminary holds an annual theological conference on the Saturday of the Exaudi Week, May 30, 2020. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the conference will be held online in a Zoom meeting (zoom.us) from … [Read more...]
Congratulatory speech of Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin, SELC
Congratulatory speech of Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin of The Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church, February 9, 2020: “It’s so hard to find a suitable gift for a bishop (I know it by myself: what can a bishop need?), but I thought since this cathedral is named after St. Mary the Mother of God, it would be appropriate to give the bishop this little Asian … [Read more...]